7am, February 8
Homer and Peter wakes up and gets out of the hotel to meet Ash and his friends at the start of the Sugimori Boulevard.
"Hello, mr. Homer. I know it was tough for you after the capture" Ash said to Homer. "But we have to do this. If we don't reach down the island, my friends may be killed."
"Err, yeah, but we came here for the Fula Games." Peter says to the black-haired boy. "I know, but we have no choice than to save May, Serena, and the rest from that myserious masked cult."
"Eh, ok, we will help you to begin with." Peter says to the trainers.
They then drive first to the Fula City Pier, where the capture occurred the previous day. Homer stumbles upon a note written to Ash. "Hello there, boy. Your friends are in a castle deep south of Fula City, and they'll be all dead with a week. The Man."
Homer reacts shockingly to the letter "Jesus. Your friends are in real danger."
"Oh no, what should we do?" Misty says.
Margo comes up to Homer and the Trainers, wanting to speak to Ash.
"It's somehow my fault. All my friends are captured because of my existence. I have to find them" Ash says to his fellow companions. Homer, Peter and the trainers offer to help him.
"Everyone, this can be really dangerous." Homer says to the boys. "We're not getting outta here. We came here for the Fula Games!" Peter responds angrily.
"Peter, this is a little more impressing than the Games" Homer says back.
"Oh, great. So that black-haired Pokémon catcher's friends get missing, and I get slapped. How come I'm always the one getting crap on around here." Peter says.
Ash says that Homer and Peter don't need to follow him and his friends on the journey, but Peter complains to him that he doesn't have the hots enough to join the expedition. Ash fires back saying to Peter that he never had the hots for someone.
Peter looks disappointed from the bombshell as Homer says to everybody: "Come on, you guys. Look, we all know what we're supposed to do now. You saw this happen, and you've encountered similar stuff before. We need to get our backpacks, go out to the woods, and save those guys from evil with some radio music! Peter you bring that girl back to her daddy mayor."
"Darnit." Peter responds.
Meanwhile, Mayor Oliver invites some of the remaining teams from the Fula Games to a fabulous restaurant. Oliver gives his name to the waiter who seat them in a VIP booth. Oliver talks to them about the journey to the Games when one of the teammates mention the kidnapping of Ash's friends heard in the news.
"What?! Are you serious?!" Oliver says. "That young man's friends have been abducted?"
"Yep, it's all over the place right now. A yellow fat man is on the run for them." One of the teammates says.
"Oh, that's something bad. Who were responsible for this?" Oliver says to them. "A cult who call themselves the Power of Love Organization."
"Don't worry we'll announce that tomorrow at the semis." Oliver says back.